Whether you want to grow a single perfect blossom or learn how to raise fresh veggies and herbs for your table, the 2009 Southeastern Flower Show has something to teach you, something to show you, and something to inspire you. The beautiful image you see above is an entry from the “Passion in Bloom” interpretive [...]
Passion is the flower show’s theme this year, an emotion we usually associate with red. But did you know that green is the new color for passion? It is, thanks to the community gardens sprouting up in suburbs, schools, senior centers, and downtown areas. A community garden is simply a piece of land tended by [...]
Tired of the same old strawberry jam on your muffins? The jam-makers at Emily G’s have a treat in store for you: how about some rhubarb marmalade or chocolate cherry jam? Emily G’s is a Dunwoody, GA-based company run by two outstanding caterers: Emily Myers and Gina Bodell (also known as “G”). They’ll be at [...]
Is this cold weather making you shiver? Sounds like you need some comfort food, the kind that warms the body and feeds the soul on a blustery winter’s day. When the flower show opens, you’ll hear from some fantastic chefs about how to prepare healthy, delicious meals with fruits and veggies from your own garden. [...]
The catalogs, that is. In January, my mailbox is stuffed with gardening offers, and today brought a fantastic catalog from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. I’m still shaking my head at how expensive it must have been to produce and mail, because it’s oversized, with glossy, magazine-type pages. And it’s packed with so many intriguing flowers, [...]
Made any resolutions for 2009? My list includes the usual (eat less and exercise more), but I’m also thinking green this time around. When it comes to my next year’s garden, I resolve to: keep my indeterminate tomatoes staked as they grow, instead of waiting until they start to fall over. weed more often, so the [...]
Have you checked your mailbox lately? Mine is starting to fill up with new seed catalogs, and yesterday, I got one from Tomato Growers Supply Company, a mail order business that will celebrate 25 years in 2009. Tomato Growers, as you’d guess, specializes in tomatoes, and there are some delicious new varieties coming onto the [...]
It’s not everyday that you learn to make raspberry jam alongside the retired captain of a nuclear submarine, listening to Captain Nemo-like stories of the dark and briny deep—but I did. My chance came a couple of years ago, while on assignment for Delta Air Lines’ Sky Magazine. My editor wanted a story that combined travel and education, and [...]